Cell 2 Soul: The Humane Health Care Blog

A Cry from the Head, Heart and Vagina of of Eve Ensler

Eve Ensler is best known for the Vagina Monologues -- but there is more, much more.  Don't miss her virtuoso prose-poem delivered to TED.

Is Anatomy Destiny?

In this TED talk, Alice Dreger, a historian and medical humanist, discusses a range of topics from intersex individuals, to people with physical deformities, to the insights of the "Founding Fathers" and what more we might have if we had had "Founding Mothers."  It's a complex talk, but worth viewing for many of us.  18 minutes.

An Introduction to Chronic Pain (TED)

This is a valuable introduction to the subject of chronic pain. 8 minutes TED talk. Elliot Krane: The Mystery of Chronic Pain

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The Importance of Empathy

Sam Richards starts this important piece on empathy with these words: "What is sociology?" And I tell them, "It's the study of the way in which human beings are shaped by things that they don't see." And they say, "So how can I be a sociologist? How can I understand those invisible forces?" And I say, "Empathy. Start with empathy. It all begins with empathy. Take yourself out of your shoes, put yourself into the shoes of another person." 

This talk is 18 minutes, and really helps me when I interact with others, be they family, patients, strangers.  If you have a few minutes, visit "A Radical Experiment in Empathy." You will be enlightened.